Reading your sensor graphs
Device: MiniMedTM 530G (551/751), RevelTM (523/723), 522/722, GuardianTM
[Getting Started with Continuous Glucose Monitoring for the MiniMed 530G System page 4; Revel Getting Started Guide page 14; X22 Getting Started Guide page 11; Guardian Getting Started Guide page 13]
Your insulin pump/CGM monitor shows a real-time glucose measurement generated by data sent from the glucose sensor to the transmitter, and then to the insulin pump/CGM monitor every 5 minutes. The insulin pump/CGM monitor converts these measurements to trend graphs.